tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354657689395441589.post6332900200064677586..comments2014-09-24T01:52:50.813+10:00Comments on Decoding Chivalry: Sex is icky, right?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354657689395441589.post-76047473645137693972012-12-22T09:50:40.882+10:002012-12-22T09:50:40.882+10:00That's a good point, but I think it's impo...That's a good point, but I think it's important to make a distinction between someone watching/listening deliberately (voyeurism), and someone seeing/hearing accidentally. It really depends on the intention of the third party. You are right that I wouldn't want a housemate who had voyeuristic intentions and tried to spy on me, but if they hear something in passing or even accidentally walk in on something (and apologise) then it's not a big deal to me.<br /><br />Another example would be that someone wanting to hear specific details about your sexual practices might be rightly avoided, but again it depends on their intentions. If they are a urologist and you are seeing them about a sexual health matter, they may need to know those details.<br /><br />In the ancient near east there was a common practice of newlyweds going into a tent to officiate their relationship while the celebrations were ongoing. It was expected that they would finish and then the sheets would be presented as evidence of the bride's virginity and the consummation. Those who were waiting outside the tent didn't have bad intentions; they wanted to protect the couple, ensuring that the bride had not lied about her past (and hence, no other man could have claim to her children) and that the groom had not lied about her virginity.KManhttp://decodingchivalry.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354657689395441589.post-69049447812209800462012-12-22T09:25:53.886+10:002012-12-22T09:25:53.886+10:00I don't think it's a squeamishness thing -...I don't think it's a squeamishness thing --- at least not as far as I'm concerned. There are some things which are simply not for public consumption. You (presumably) wouldn't be happy were your house mates to <i>watch</i> you conjugating with your wife. Why would you be happy were they to <i>hear</i> you conjugating with your wife? Unwillingness to have an audience doesn't imply squeamishness about sex itself --- it may merely be a recognition of the privacy proper to the act.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354657689395441589.post-1219764329532304192012-12-08T17:07:51.575+10:002012-12-08T17:07:51.575+10:00I am an unmarried, and uninterested, Catholic. Als...I am an unmarried, and uninterested, Catholic. Also, I quite like your blog. It will be added to my blogroll.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDnsRS0OtXEChesterPoehttp://occidentaltraditionalist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354657689395441589.post-71330833202694852092012-12-08T08:47:25.796+10:002012-12-08T08:47:25.796+10:00Interesting – so are you married now and still fin...Interesting – so are you married now and still find yourself shying away from the topic? Or unmarried?<br /><br />I think I saw one or two episodes of KotH but I must have missed that dynamic at the time.KManhttp://decodingchivalry.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354657689395441589.post-47567158089839805482012-12-08T02:51:08.114+10:002012-12-08T02:51:08.114+10:00Coming from a person
who was taken to church only ...Coming from a person<br />who was taken to church only a few times as a child and raised in a secular,<br />slightly liberal family, I can safely say the church likely had nothing to do<br />with it. Some people are just squeamish about sex. In fact, I am called a “prude”<br />for my shying away from the topic. We all know that married people ‘do it’, no<br />surprise there, but they do not want to think other people think they are doing<br />it. Ever watch the show King of the Hill? That is a perfect representation of<br />married couple’s squeamishness.ChesterPoehttp://occidentaltraditionalist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com